Friday May 08, 2015
Top Down Perspective 07/05/15
Top Down Perspective
The video game ramblings of Claire Wheeler, Sean Booker, and Paul Fleck.
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Episodes
Episodes
Saturday May 02, 2015
Saturday May 02, 2015
Late recording this week as the crew spent Thursday night seeing The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Due to this, the first while is talk about that (no spoilers... promise!) but we get right into the game talk afterwards as Sean dances around in Crypt of the Necrodancer, rounds up llamas while skiing in Alto's Adventure and doesn't have much fun with Never Alone. Paul dives into the new Hero Siege DLC, bends some elements in Platinum's Legend of Korra game and gets down and dirty in the Dirty Bomb beta. Jon... well... Jon watched some hockey and streetpassed himself all week!In news, Konami implodes, Steam introduces paid mods and allows game developers to ban cheaters from their games, Yooka-Laylee by old Rare personnel destroys its Kickstarter goal and D4 is finally coming to PC!
Friday Apr 24, 2015
Friday Apr 24, 2015
There isn't really news this week so we just talk about what we've been playing. Jon tries out the new Mario Kart 8 DLC as well as Axiom Verge. Sean dips into his back log with OlliOlli 2 and finally starts VLR. Paul tries out Box Boy and continues with Killing Floor 2 and Titan Souls.
Monday Apr 20, 2015
Monday Apr 20, 2015
This week Sean plays through Box Boy and gets into the mobile version of Hearthstone. Paul does as well. He also plays Pillars of Eternity, GTAV for PC, and Titan Souls. Jon checks out the new Streetpass update and Mortal Kombat X.Guitar Hero makes an official return announcement this week, questionable micro transactions in MKX, and weird Sony-movie related plans.
Saturday Apr 11, 2015
Saturday Apr 11, 2015
Short show this week as we all only play one game (basically). Sean finally finishes off Codename S.T.E.A.M.... guess how that went! Paul dives into the new Hearthstone adventure "Blackrock Mountain" and Jon has a great time with Boxboy!In news, Nintendo doesn't want players talking to each other, Layton turns into a card game and LEGO has... surprise surprise, toys you can buy for their video games!
Friday Apr 03, 2015
Friday Apr 03, 2015
This week Paul's work keeps him too late to be on the show. Jon starts up Dragon Warrior 2 and Battleblock Theater. Sean plays through Game of Thrones episode 3 and the odd Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast and Furious.The news is main the recent Nintendo Direct but we also bring up Assassin's Creed Chronicles, Quantum Break's delay, and OnLIve officially ending.
Saturday Mar 28, 2015
Saturday Mar 28, 2015
Internet issues aside we are all together again. Sean and Paul play Hotline Miami 2, Life is Strange episode 2 and both finish Ori and the Blind Forest. Sean is also checking out Fruit Ninja Kinect 2 and Tales from the Borderlands episode 2. Jon continues with Pokemon Shuffle and returns to Payday 2.That Netflix Zelda rumor is proven false, Zelda WiiU gets pushed back out of 2015 and the updated Dark Souls 2 gets a price structure.
Saturday Mar 21, 2015
Saturday Mar 21, 2015
Paul is kind of in and out during this episode but everything is playing Ori and the Blind Forest. Sean finished Rainbow Curse and continues with STEAM. Jon continues with Pokemon Shuffle, plays the original Dragon Warrior and Mario Party 10.Nintendo announces that it is getting into the mobile gaming market, they also announce that they have started work on their next platform code named NX. Kojima leaves Konami and a few more episode game series get next installment announcements.
Friday Mar 13, 2015
Friday Mar 13, 2015
Jon returns from his couple week absence to tell us all about how he didn't play anything at PAX East. He has though been trying out Pokemon Shuffle, Star Tropics and finishing that Dragon Ball Z game. Paul didn't play much. Sean continues with Rainbow Curse, starts Code Name S.T.E.A.M. and is quite into Ori and the Blind Forest.Uncharted 4 gets pushed to 2016, the next PS4 firmware update will bring the promised suspend/resume feature, and the next single play Hearthstone expansion is announced.
Friday Mar 06, 2015
Friday Mar 06, 2015
Jon is away for the second week, this time attending PAX East. Sean finishes up Majora's Mask 3D and Evolve while continuing Desert Golf and starting Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. Paul tries out Black Hole, Republique Remastered and Trials Fusion. News is large with the Rock Band 4 announcement, everything from Valve at this year's GDC and March's PS+ games.
Sunday Mar 01, 2015
Sunday Mar 01, 2015
While Jon picks up and goes on his work trip, Sean has been playing some more Evolve and finally has the opportunity to get the most out of the Jackbox Party Pack when some friends come to visit! Paul has been building some intricate weapons in Beseige, stressing out adventurers in Darkest Dungeon and going full Barry-mode in Resident Evil Revelations 2.In the news: TellTale teams up with Lionsgate, new Guitar Hero coming and the golden Mario idol (I mean, amiibo) sells out instantly!
Saturday Feb 21, 2015
Saturday Feb 21, 2015
Sean is away this week so Paul and Jon do the only logical thing: take a whole lot of listener questions!Remember: if you don't like this episode... it's kind of your fault!
Saturday Feb 14, 2015
Saturday Feb 14, 2015
With Valentine's Day coming up, Jon gets in the mood by playing Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans and... Cliffhanger? Sean catches up with the newest episode of Game of Thrones TellTale game, Evolve on the Xbox One and Framed on the iOS while Paul plays Heroes of the Storm.Not much in the way of news other than Zelda might be coming to Netflix? Also, a whole bunch of questions!
Friday Feb 06, 2015
Friday Feb 06, 2015
Paul tries out Dark Deception, Castle in Darkness and Life is Strange (along with Sean). Jon is just continuing with his everlasting quest to play every Picross puzzle ever.Club Nintendo releases their final rewards, variant color Amiibos are on their way and Sony no longer own Sony Online Entertainment.
Friday Jan 30, 2015
Friday Jan 30, 2015
Back from his convention for a couple weeks before heading out again Jon has been playing nothing. Paul is trying out Dying Light and Fractured Space while Sean talks about Majora's Mask 3D and Duet Game.Nintendo starts it's partner program for YouTube streamers, the next Game of Thrones episode gets a release date and February's PS+ titles are announced.
Friday Jan 23, 2015
Friday Jan 23, 2015
This week Paul talks about the North American released of REsident Evil as well as HuniePop. Sean sticks to iOS this week with more Pair Solitaire, Spaceteam and Heads Up! Jon is away at MAGfest.Microsoft held their Windows 10 event and we discuss what relates to games. Nintendo decides to shut down Club Nintendo, and Harmonix is really hinting at a new Rock Band.
Friday Jan 16, 2015
Friday Jan 16, 2015
Games are barely starting to come out so it's mainly backlog stuff this week. Sean finishes Mordor while Jon plays some Picross 3D. Paul continues with Far Cry 4 and gets mad at Sony.News is basically all about the latest Nintendo Direct, we also discuss Hotline Miami 2 and new Rock Band DLC. -- Watch live at http://www.twitch.tv/topdownperspective
Friday Jan 09, 2015
Friday Jan 09, 2015
Back from the break we want to discuss what we've been playing over the last couple of weeks. Sean goes through all of Assassin's Creed: Rogue and a good chunk of Shadow of Mordor. Jon has been playing some random DS eshop games as well as Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker. Paul continues with Far Cry 4 and Depth.We didn't really follow the (lack of) news but we bring up the holiday outtages on XBL and PSN and Bungie giving away ODST to Master Chief Collection owners.
Tuesday Jan 06, 2015
Tuesday Jan 06, 2015
Every year, it happens. Games came out. We played them and decided which we liked and those perhaps we didn't care for. Now... now we remember the year as a whole and name some of the worst and absolute best gaming experiences we had in 2014.Along with you, the community, it's been a long and winding road we traveled this year and we were astounded to have almost 100 personal entries for each category to tally up. Now sit back, relax and let's wrap up 2014 the right way...
Thursday Dec 18, 2014
Thursday Dec 18, 2014
Not a lot going on this week due to the holidays coming up. Sean is taking care of some stuff before leaving for Canada for a couple weeks so it's up to Jon and Paul to hold the fort down. Jon plays Ultimate NES Remix and Paul dabbles here and there in World of Warcraft. In news, Ralph Baer has passed, Telltale is making a Minecraft game and a video game is pulled off Steam Greenlight.
Friday Dec 12, 2014
Friday Dec 12, 2014
Paul finally starts up Bayonetta 2 and is already loving it. Sean plays through Game of Thrones and a good chunk of Captain Toad while continuing with Crossy Road. Jon beats everyone by playing Picross DS, Crypt of the Necrodancer, Broforce and a good deal more.The Game Awards happened as well as the PlayStation Experience and a good chunk of announcements came out of that.